武庫川女子大学は三重県多気町と包括連携協定を締結しました。

English below. 

 

　武庫川女子大学は三重県多気町と包括連携協定を締結することになり、9月29日、多気町役場で調印式が行われました。

　

　協定では、地域づくり、教育・文化・産業の振興、人材育成など4項目で相互に連携し、地域社会の発展や教育研究の向上に寄与することを目指しています。

　多気町へは2021年に経営学部の学生が実践学習で訪問。以来、町役場や地元の方々の支援を得ながら、ふるさと納税返礼品や観光振興策を検討、学生視点からの提案や町の魅力を阪神間で発信するなどの活動に取り組んでいます。兵庫県在住の方からのふるさと納税も増えているとの報告もあります。包括連携締結により、経営学部に加え、女子総合大学として様々な学問領域からの連携が期待されます。

　なお、本学と自治体との包括連携協定の締結は9件目となりました。

 

　協定締結に際し、久保行央町長は「企業誘致、少子高齢化対策とともに、『食』の良さを知ってもらうため、ふるさと納税返礼品などに力を入れてきた。包括連携協定締結により、さらに学生たちと地域住民の方々との交流を進めて町を発展させていきたい」、瀬口和義学長の代理で出席した本学教育研究社会連携推進室の大坪明室長は「観光振興策の一環として地元猟友会の皆さんと、害獣対策や肉処理法を学ばせていただく中でジビエの解体など都市部ではできない貴重な体験の場を提供いただいている。締結後は地域のウェルビーイングの推進など、より一層交流を進め地域貢献をしたい」と、それぞれあいさつし、協定書を取り交わしました。

 

  Mukogawa Women's University has concluded a comprehensive partnership agreement with the town of Taki in Mie Prefecture, and a signing ceremony was held at the Taki Town Hall on September 29.

　Under the agreement, they will combine forces in several areas, including community development, promotion of education, culture, and industry, and human resource development, aiming to contribute to the develop pment of the local community and improvement of education and research.

　In 2021, students from the Faculty of Business Administration visited Taki Town for Project Based Learning. Since then, with the support of the town office and members of the local community, the students have been involved in activities such as examining hometown tax return gifts and tourism promotion measures, making proposals from the students' perspective, and communicating the town's attractions in the Hanshin area. It has been reported that the number of hometown tax payments from residents in Hyogo Prefecture has been increasing. With the conclusion of the comprehensive partnership agreement, in addition to the School of Business Administration, the university expects to collaborate in various academic fields as a women's comprehensive university.

　This is the ninth comprehensive partnership agreement between the university and a local government.

　Upon signing the agreement, Mayor Yukio Kubo said, "In addition to attracting companies and addressing the declining birthrate and aging population, we have been focusing on hometown tax return gifts to let people know the good features of 'food'. We hope to further develop the town by promoting exchanges between students and local residents through the conclusion of the comprehensive cooperation agreement," said Akira Otsubo, Director of the Office of Education, Research and Social Cooperation, who attended on behalf of President Kazuyoshi Seguchi. "We have been provided with opportunities for valuable experiences that are not available in urban areas, such as the dismantling of wild game while learning about measures against harmful beasts and methods for processing meat. After the conclusion of the agreement, we would like to further promote exchanges and contribute to the local community by promoting local wellbeing, etc." The two sides exchanged greetings and signed the agreement.